Troup v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Madison Law and Equity Court. I-Ieard before Hon. Tanckbd Betts. Jack Troup, alias Ben Harris, ivas convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The following charges were refused to the defendant: “(1) I charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that there is no evidence in this case that any witness who has testified is of good character.
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Appeal from Madison Law and Equity Court. I-Ieard before Hon. Tanckbd Betts. Jack Troup, alias Ben Harris, ivas convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The following charges were refused to the defendant: “(1) I charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that there is no evidence in this case that any witness who has testified is of good character. (2)1 charge you, gentlemen of the jury, before you can convict the defendant, that each one of you must believe from the evidence and beyond' all reasonable doubt that…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Jack Troup, alias Ben Harris, was convicted of a felony in obtaining money and property by false pretenses. His effort at the trial was to show an alibi, and that another Ben Harris had been mistaken for him as the guilty agent in the commission of the offense. He adduced testimony tending to support his theory. There was testimony to the effect that the other Ben Harris had gray hair about his temples, while defendant had not. After a witness, Jim Maples, had been examined by the state, cross-examined by the defendant. and examined in rebuttal by the state, he was di*127rected by the solicitor,…
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